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Deseret News archives: Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination, but the journey continues
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSenate, 73-27, after surviving a lengthy filibuster. Just two weeks later, it was signed into law by...
Deseret News archives: No dad joke, fathers deserve a day to be honored
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFather’s Day and Mother’s Day were suggested by Sonora Smart Dodd and Anna Jarvis, respectively. In...
60 years ago: King and Hesburgh sang 'We Shall Overcome.' Days later, the world changed.
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoEleven days later, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law, on July 2,...
1964 Civil Rights Act Fast Facts
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 6 days agoFollowing that law, US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed landmark civil rights bills including the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the 1968 ...
If You’re Poor, Does It Even Matter Who Becomes President?
GoBankingRates via AOL· 15 hours agoIn January 1964, then-President Lyndon B. Johnson asked in a State of the Union address that...
Texas resort boasts North America's first, only floating pool
Houston Chronicle· 5 days agoHorseshoe Bay says that it's the first and only floating pool in North America. The 70,000-gallon,...
Floral fashions featured at Troy museum showcasing Ohio State collection
Dayton Daily News· 4 days agoA pillbox hat worn by Annie Glenn, wife of astronaut and senator John Glenn and designed by Hermann...
This Junior Congressman Thinks He Knows How Biden Can Win. Will Anyone Listen?
Slate via Yahoo News· 17 hours ago(It was Barack Obama.) After landing an internship “fetching Diet Cokes for then-Vice President Al...
How an Arkansas woman became the ‘Mother of Father’s Day’
KNWA Fayetteville via Yahoo News· 5 days agoDespite not being a national holiday, it gained support over the years, including from presidents...
15 Least Popular US Presidents According to Millennials: Ranked
247wallst.com· 3 days agoAbout one in five voters in the United States is millennial, and these 15 presidents have the lowest...